272 NORTH AMERKWN MIRDS. 



nupstion not altoj^otlicr sfttlctl tn tlic iniiids of snino. It was (lescrilx'd bv 

 \Vils«ni tVnm ;i siiinlr spcciiiH'ii olttaiiit'il near tin* \\\\w liiduc ut" Vir<Miiia. 

 AiuIuImih t"(>un«l anntlitT in tlic (Millet tinii of the ZnoIoLjical Snciety. Fi<;iii 

 this he made his drawing,'. A third has also heoii met witli and desciihed l»v 

 VieiUot. We know notiiiiiu in ivnrm,! to its habits, except that its son^' is said 

 to 1)0 a single stnrp, thret' or four times rejieated. Its breeding-habits, its 

 mannor of minration, anu the i»iace of its more abundant occurrence, vet 

 remain entirely unknown. 



Dendroica kirtlandi, Baird. 



KIBTLAND'S WABBLEB. 



Si/lrirofn kirtlnnrli, li.\ii:i». Aim. X. V, Lvf. V, .Tiiiic, 1S.'.2, *217, pi. vi (flovt'land, Oliio^. 

 -Cassin, Illu.si, I, l>."»j, 1.78. pi. .\lvii. I'-udroicu kirthnnli, lUnti), liinls X. Am. 

 18:.8, 28tJ ; K.'v. -Jo*;. 



Sp. CuAK. .\1iove sl;ite-l»liu\ the leathers of the ciowii with a narrow, those of the 

 mi<l'll*' ot" the haek with a l»roa<ler. streak of Mack : a narrow frontlet involviiiir the lores, 

 the anterior end of the eye. and the space heneath it (jiossildy the whole anrieiilars), black ; 

 the rest of the eyelids white. The niidcr [>arts are dear yellow (almost white on the 

 UM<ler tail-eoverts) : the breast with small spots and sides of the body with .short streaks 

 of black. The <rreater and middle winj^-co verts, (piills, and tail-feathers are edged with 

 dull whitish. The two outer tail-feathers have a dull white sjiot near the end of the iiuier 

 web, largest on the fn-st. Length..')..'))); wing. 'J.S(l; tail. "J.Tn. (4.30;}.) 



IIab. Northern Ohio, and Jiahamas. 



In addition to the tyj)e which is in the collection of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, a .second specimen was obtained by I)r. Samuel Cabot, of Boston, 

 taken at sea between the islands of Abaco and Cuba. It must, however, be 

 considered as one of tlie rarest of .Vmerican birds. 



Habits. Kirtland's Warbler is so far known by only a few rare speci- 

 mens as a bird of North America, and its biuL,'r.ii>hy is utterly unknown. 

 The fir.st specimen of this s])eci^^s, so tar as is known, was obtained by Dr. 

 Jared I*. Kirtland, of Cleveland, ()., in ]\Iay, ISol. It was .shot by that nat- 

 uralist in woods near that city, and was by him j^iven to Professor Baird, who 

 described it in the Annals of the New York Lyceum. It appears to be 

 closely allied to l)oth the rf.romnata and D. <unhih<mi, and yet to be a .spe- 

 oificallv distinct bird. A second s]»ecinien, in the cabinet of Dr. Sanuiel 

 Cabot, Jr., of l*.oston, was obtained at sea, between the islands of Cidia and 

 Abaco. A third .s])ecimen was obtained June •.>, 18»)0, near Cleveland, and 

 is in the collection of Mr. If. K. Winslow, of that city. Another specimen 

 is also reported as havini; been obtained in the same neig^hborhood, but not 

 preserved; and Dr. Hoy, of IJacine, Wis., is contident that he has seen it in 

 the neighborhood of that jJace. At present all that we can j^ive in regard 

 to its history, habits, or distribution must be inferred from these few and 

 meajj^re facts. 



